MCHS Library

New Book Arrivals

FIC ALB
Albom, Mitch, 1958-. The five people you meet in heaven. 1st ed. New York : Hyperion, c2003. A bitter eighty-three-year-old war veteran who believes his life is meaningless dies while trying to save a little girl's life and finds himself in heaven, where five people from his past--some loved ones, some strangers--explain what his years on Earth really meant, and whether or not he succeeded in saving the child. 

FIC BRA
Bray, Libba. A great and terrible beauty. New York : Delacorte  Press, c2003. After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, after many years in India, to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world.

PB Brown
Brown, Dan, 1964-. Deception point. New York : Pocket Books, [2002], c2001. White House intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton is thrust into a life-or-death situation when she  travels to the Arctic to investigate the discovery of a rare meteorite that might prove the existence of extraterrestrial life, and finds instead evidence of scientific trickery.

PB Brown
Brown, Dan. Digital fortress. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998. Cryptographer Susan Fletcher finds herself fighting for her country, her life, and the life of the man she loves when she is called in by the National Security Agency to decipher a mysterious code and discovers a plot that has the power to cripple U.S. intelligence.

FIC CRO
Crossley-Holland, Kevin. At the crossing-places. 1st American ed. New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2002.  Thirteen-year-old Arthur, now serving as a squire to Lord Stephen of Holt Castle, turns his attention to fulfilling some of his other dreams, such as meeting his birth mother, marrying the beautiful Winnie, and most of all, becoming a Crusader.

FIC CRO
Crossley-Holland, Kevin. The seeing stone. New York :  Scholastic, [2002], c2000. In late twelfth-century England, a thirteen-year-old boy named Arthur recounts how Merlin gives him a magical seeing stone which shows him images of the legendary King Arthur, the events of whose life seem to have many parallels to his own.

FIC DEA
Dean, Carolee. Comfort. Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin, 2002.  Fourteen-year-old Kenny Roy Willson fantasizes about escape from his hometown of Comfort, Texas, following his alcoholic father's release from prison.

FIC DRA
Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills). Romiette and Julio. 1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed. New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2001, c1999. Romiette, an African-American girl, and Julio, a Hispanic boy, discover that they attend the same high school after falling in love on the Internet, but are harassed by a gang whose members object to their interracial dating.

FIC GIL
Giles, Gail. Shattering Glass. Brookfield, Conn. : Roaring Brook Press, c2002. Rob, the charismatic leader of the senior class, provokes unexpected violence when he turns the school nerd into Prince Charming.

FIC Gri
Grisham, John. The last juror. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, c2004. In 1970s Clanton, Mississippi, college dropout Willie Traynor turns a failed small-town paper into a success covering a local rape and murder case and finds his life coming full circle when the man convicted of that crime is paroled nine years after receiving a life sentence and jury members from the trial begin turning up dead.

FIC HAMMETT
Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961. The Maltese falcon. 1st Vintage crime/Black Lizard ed. New York : Vintage Books, 1992, c1957. In San Francisco in 1928, Sam Spade searches for a priceless statuette. He finds himself torn between loyalty to his murdered partner and an opportunity for personal
gain.
FIC JOH
Johnson, Angela, 1961-. The first part last. 1st ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2003. Bobby's carefree teenage life changes forever when he becomes a father and must care for his adored baby daughter.

FIC KOR
Korman, Gordon. Jake, reinvented. 1st ed. New York : Hyperion, c2003. When Jake Garrett arrives at F. Scott Fitzgerald High, the students immediately take a liking to him and he becomes one of the most popular boys in school, but when a dark secret is revealed, the same students begin to fear him.

FIC LAHIRI
Lahiri, Jhumpa. The namesake. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2003.  A young man born of Indian parents in America struggles with issues of identity from his teens to his thirties.

FIC LIC
Lichtenheld, Tom. What are you so grumpy about? 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, c2003. A collection of cartoons that present various reasons for being grumpy, such as eating "grown-up" cereal, getting a boring birthday present, doing chores, and being touched by your brother or sister.

FIC LYL
Lyles, Whitney. Always the bridesmaid. New York : Berkly Books, 2004. After four stints as a bridesmaid in a few months, Cate Padgett is beginning to get of tired of ugly dresses for which she has paid too much, posed photographs with the wedding party, drunken guests, missed bouquets, and life on the sidelines as she copes with the ups and downs of her romantic life.

FIC MAC
Mackler, Carolyn. Love and other four-letter words. New York :  Dell Laurel-Leaf, [2002], c2000. When she and her mother move to an apartment in New York City after her parents decide on a trial separation, sixteen-year-old Sammie learns to deal with her mother's fragile mental state, her best friend's self-centeredness, several new friendships, and her own budding sexuality.

FIC MAG
Maguire, Gregory. Confessions of an ugly stepsister. 1st ed.  New York, NY : ReganBooks, c1999. Retells the story of Cinderella from her stepsister's point of view.

FIC MAG
Maguire, Gregory. Mirror mirror. 1st ed. New York : Regan Books, c2003. Presents a retelling of the Snow White fairy tale, set in early sixteenth-century Italy, in which the life of innocent, young Bianca de Nevada is disrupted when her beloved father is sent on an errand by Cesare Borgia, leaving her in the care of Borgia's sister Lucrezia, a decadent woman who orders the child killed.

FIC MAG
Maguire, Gregory. Wicked : the life and times of the wicked witch of the West : a novel. 1st ed. New York :  ReganBooks, c1995. Elphaba, born with emerald green skin, comes of age in the land of Oz, rooming with debutante Glinda at the university, and following a path in life that earns her the label of Wicked.

FIC MON
Monroe, Mary Alice. The Book Club. Don Mills, Ont. : MIRA, c1999. Five very different women find solace from the pain and recent changes in their lives--widowhood, the loss of youth, the yearning for a child, a husband's betrayal--in the remarkable friendship that evolves out of the monthly meetings of their book club.

PB MORI
Mori, Kyoko. Shizuko's daughter. 1st Ballantine Books ed. New York : Fawcett Juniper, 1994, c1993. After Yuki's mother commits suicide, the 12-year-old girl must live with her distant father and his resentful new wife. Cut off from her mother's family, Yuki learns to rely on her own inner strength to cope with the tragedy.

FIC MOR
Moriarty, Jaclyn. The year of secret assignments. 1st ed. New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2004. Three female students from Ashbury High write to three male students from rival Brookfield High as part of a pen pal program, leading to romance, humiliation, revenge plots, and war between the schools.

FIC PATCHETT
Patchett, Ann. Bel canto : a novel. 1st ed. New York : HarperCollins, c2001. A group of international guests, taken hostage by terrorists while attending a birthday party at the home of the vice president of a small South American country, form bonds with their captors and enter into an almost idyllic lifestyle, united by the music of Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano.

PB Patterson
Patterson, James, 1947-. The jester. Warner Books ed. New York : Warner Books, [2004], c2003. An innkeeper just back from the First Crusade disguises himself as a court jester to save his wife, who has been abducted by an evil duke searching for a holy relic.

FIC PEC
Peck, Richard, 1934-. The river between us. New York : Dial Books, c2003. During the early days of the Civil War, the Pruitt family takes in two mysterious young ladies who have fled New Orleans to come north to Illinois.

FIC PET
Peters, Julie Anne. Keeping you a secret : a novel. 1st ed.  New York : Little, Brown, c2003. As she begins a very tough last semester of high school, Holland finds herself puzzled about her future and intrigued by a transfer student who wants to start a Lesbigay club at school.

FIC SIM
Simmons, Michael. Pool boy. 1st ed. Brookfield, Conn. :  Roaring Brook Press, c2003. When his father is arrested for insider trading and his family loses all their money, Brett Gerson takes a job as an assistant to a 70-something pool cleaner in his former wealthy California neighborhood and learns some valuable life lessons.

FIC SPI
Spinelli, Jerry. Milkweed : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, c2003. A street child, known to himself only as Stopthief, finds community when he is taken in by a band of orphans in Warsaw ghetto which helps him weather the horrors of the Nazi regime.

FIC STRRASSER
Strasser, Todd. Can't get there from here. 1st ed. New York :  Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2004. Tired of being hungry, cold, and dirty from living on the streets of New York City with a tribe of other homeless teenagers who are dying, one by one, a girl named Maybe ponders her future and longs for someone to care about her.

FIC WAL
Wallace, Karen. Wendy. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2003. In early twentieth-century London, before their encounter with Peter Pan, nine-year-old Wendy and her younger brothers lead far from perfect lives with their emotionally distant parents and abusive Nanny, a situation that only worsens for Wendy when she see her father kiss another woman and finds herself pulled into an adult world of mysteries and lies.

FIC WER
Werlin, Nancy. Double helix. New York : Dial Books, c2004.  Eighteen-year-old Eli discovers a shocking secret about his life and his family while working for a Nobel Prize-winning scientist whose specialty is genetic engineering.

E FIC WILES
Wiles, Debbie. Freedom Summer. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2001. In 1964, Joe is pleased that a new law will allow his best friend John Henry, who is African-American, to share the town pool and other public places with him, but he is dismayed to find that prejudice still exists.

FIC WIL
Williams-Garcia, Rita. No laughter here. 1st ed. New York :  HarperCollins : Amistad, c2004. In Queens, New York, ten-year-old Akilah is determined to find out why her closest friend, Victoria, is silent and withdrawn after returning from a trip to her homeland, Nigeria.

004.6 PEN
Penna, Christina. Careers in network engineering. 1st ed. New York : Rosen, 2001. Provides an introduction to computer networks, looks at the work done by network engineers, considers the future of networks and network engineering, and identifies the skills and qualities needed to succeed in the field.

004.67 BUE
Buell, Tonya. Careers with successful dot-com companies. 1st ed. New York : Rosen Pub. Group, 2001. Dot-com startup companies -- Business and management careers -- Engineering and technical careers -- Design and artistic careers -- Starting your career -- Launching your own startup.

004.67 MIL
Miller, Deborah J. Careers with Internet Service Providers. 1st ed. New York : Rosen Pub., 2001. Provides information about Internet Service Providers, looks at some of the technical and non-technical careers available at Internet Service Providers, and includes comments from people working in the field.

005.1 ROF
Roff, Jason T. Careers in e-commerce software development. 1st ed. New York : Rosen Pub., 2001. Provides information about the software development industry, looks at the types of careers available in the field, offers advice on the education and training needed to work in software development, and includes profiles of top software developers.

005.2 DRO
Drouin, Matthew. Web hosting and Web site development : a guide to opportunities. 1st ed. New York : Rosen, 2001.  Describes career opportunities in the Web hosting and Web site development fields.

005.2 GOR
Goranson, Christopher D. Careers as a Webmaster : maintaining the site. 1st ed. New York : Rosen, 2001. Provides an introduction to the Internet and looks at how the job of Webmaster developed, follows a Webmaster through an ordinary workday, and identifies the skills and qualities needed to succeed as a Webmaster.

005.7 Tittel
Tittel, Ed. HTML for dummies. 3rd ed. Foster City, CA : IDG Books, c1997. A guide to building and publishing attractive, interesting Web pages, discussing the ins and outs of HyperText Markup Language. Includes a CD-ROM for Windows, Unix, or Macintosh computers, with software to assist in designing your Web page.

006.7 COW
Cowan, Carla Romaine. E-Commerce careers in multimedia. 1st ed. New York : Rosen, 2001. Provides an introduction to multimedia, looks at various careers available in the field, and offers advice on getting started in a multimedia profession.

155.44 KRO
Krohn, Katherine E. You and your parents' divorce. 1st ed. New York : Rosen Central, 2001. What exactly is a divorce -- It's not your fault -- Finding friends who understand -- Please don't put me in the middle -- Adjusting to change. Provides information for young people about divorce, discussing some of the emotions and situations kids experience when their parents split up, and includes a list of organizations to call for help.

158.01 MCG
McGraw, Phillip C., 1950-. Self matters : creating your life from the inside out. New York : Simon & Schuster Source, c2001. Dr. Phil McGraw shows how to find and become one's true self as opposed to one's "fictional" self, discussing the defining moments, critical choices, and pivotal people who shape one's perspective.

303.6 HEN
Henderson, Harry, 1951-. Global terrorism : the complete reference guide. New York : Checkmark Books, c2001.  Examines the political and social issues surrounding global terrorism, provides a historical overview of terrorism, surveys terrorism in the modern world, explains terrorism-related laws, legal issues, and court cases, and chronicles major terrorist attacks, trials, and other relevant events.

304.6 SMI
Smith, David J. If the world were a village : a book about the world's people. Toronto; Tonawanda, NY : Kids Can Press, c2002. Breaks down the population of the world into a collection of one hundred representative people and describes what one would find in this global village, covering languages, ages, religions, food, air and water, schooling, and possessions, accompanied by vivid color illustrations.

305.23 FRE
Freedman, Russell. Immigrant kids. New York : Puffin Books, 1995. Text and photographs chronicle the life of immigrant children at home, school, work, and play during the late 1800's and early 1900's.

305.8951 SMI
Smith, Icy. The lonely queue : the forgotten history of the courageous Chinese Americans in Los Angeles. 2nd ed.  Gardena, CA : East West Discovery Press, c2000.

306.89 ISL
Isler, Claudia. Caught in the middle : a teen guide to custody.  1st ed. New York: Rosen Pub. Group, 2000. Provides information for teenagers whose parents are getting a divorce, explaining various custody options, and discussing how decisions are made and the impact of those decisions on the lives of the people involved.

306.89 JOH
Johnson, Linda Carlson, 1949-. Everything you need to know about  your parents' divorce. Rev. ed. New York : Rosen, 1998.  Helps teens to view divorce as the beginning of a different kind of family life and to understand the feelings that are involved for everyone.

307.76 HOP
Hopkinson, Deborah. Shutting out the sky : life in the tenements of New York, 1880-1924. 1st ed. New York : Orchard Books, 2003. Coming to the golden land -- Tenements: shutting out the sky -- Settling in: greenhorns and boarders -- Everyone worked on -- On the streets: pushcarts, pickles and play -- A new language, a new life -- Looking to the future: will it ever be different?. Photographs and text document the experiences of five individuals who came to live in the Lower East Side of New York City as children or young adults from Belarus, Italy, Lithuania, and Romania at the turn of the twentieth century.

322.4 WAD
Wade, Wyn Craig. The fiery cross : the Ku Klux Klan in America.  New York : Oxford University Press, 1998. Traces the history of the Ku Klux Klan from its beginnings and assesses its future role in America.

323.4 TIL
Tillman, Terry. The writings on the wall. 2nd edition. Santa Monica : 22/7 Publishing Company, 1990. This book is made up of photographs, quotations and poems about freedom. 

331.7 WEB
Webster, Harriet. Cool careers without college for people who love to work with children. 1st ed. New York : Rosen Pub., 2004. Explores the job descriptions, education and training requirements, salary, and outlook predictions for twelve careers that focus on children and do not require a college education.

335 MOR
More, Thomas, Sir, Saint, 1478-1535. Utopia. London ; New York : Penguin Books, 2003. The Utopian alphabet -- Lines on the island of Utopia -- More's letter to Peter Gilles -- Gilles's letter to Busleiden. Presents Thomas More's vision of Utopia, an island supporting a perfectly organized and happy people.

342.73 FOX
Fox, Ken, 1944-. Everything you need to know about your legal rights. Rev. ed. New York : Rosen Pub. Group, c1999.  Briefly discusses the legal rights of individuals, emphasizing real-life situations in which teenagers may find themselves.

346.7301 MAN
Manley, Claudia B. Everything you need to know about custody.  1st ed. New York : Rosen, 2001. About custody -- Two homes, one life: joint custody -- Custody goes to court -- Sole custody and visitation rights -- Living with someone other than a biological parent -- What about you?.  Clarifies custody issues for teenagers whose parents are going through a divorce, discussing different types of custody and how custody is settled, looking at possible living situations teens may experience with divorced parents, and examining the psychological effects of these changes on individuals and families.

346.7301 TRU
Truly, Traci. Teen rights : a legal guide for teens and the adults in their lives. 1st ed. Naperville, Ill. : Sphinx Pub., 2002. An exploration of the legal rights of teenagers at home, school, and work, with discussion of the juvenile court system, and a look at issues relating to the financial responsibility of teens.

362.883 GED
Gedatus, Gustav Mark. Date and acquaintance rape. Mankato, Minn. : LifeMatters, c2000. Describes what rape is, some causes of date or acquaintance rape, the effects of this crime, and steps to deal with and prevent it.

363.25 GEN
Genge, Ngaire. The forensic casebook : the science of crime scene investigation. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, 2002. Contains true stories based on extensive interviews with police personnel and forensic scientists about criminal cases which have been solved using a variety of forensic techniques.

363.3 BRO
Brown, Peter H. Outgunned : up against the NRA : the first complete insider account of the battle over gun control. New York : Free Press, c2003. Provides an account of the battle against guns in the United States, focusing on the legal crusade launched by the Castano Litigation Group in the wake of the 1998 murder of renowned gospel singer Raymond Myles in New Orleans, and discussing the politics surrounding the litigation against gun manufacturers.

371.5 LAT
Lathrop, Ann. Student cheating and plagiarism in the Internet era : a wake-up call. Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 2000. Offers ideas and strategies to educators and parents for combating the increase in cheating and plagiarizing that has accompanied access to the Internet, discussing the extent of the problem, looking at high- and low-tech defenses against cheating, and examining ways to make it more difficult to cheat.

381.1 CAR
Caraccilo, Dominic J. (Dominic Joseph), 1962-. E-tailing :  careers selling over the web. 1st ed. New York : Rosen, 2001. Provides an introduction to online retailing, looks at different types of electronic commerce, offers advice on getting started in the field, and explains how to launch an electronic retail business.

580.23 BUR
Burns, Monique. Cool careers without college for people who love to make things grow. 1st ed. New York : Rosen Pub., 2004.  Profiles twelve careers related to horticulture and agriculture that do not require college, from farm crop production technician and agricultural aviation pilot to horticultural writer and botanical artist, covering duties, recommended high school classes, salary, and outlook, and listing further resources.

613.7 MCG
McGraw, Phillip C., 1950-. The ultimate weight solution : the 7 keys to weight loss freedom. New York : Free Press, c2003.  Dr. Phil McGraw presents a seven-step plan for breaking the patterns of weight loss and gain, showing how to change the way one thinks about food and oneself.

616.85 ROS
Rosen, Marvin. Dealing with the effects of rape and incest.  Philadelphia [Pa.] : Chelsea House, c2002. Discusses various traumas inflicted on children and teenagers, particularly rape and incest, the psychological impact of these traumatic events, and how to deal with them.

629.28 GRE
Greenberger, Robert. Cool careers without college for people who love to drive. 1st ed. New York : Rosen Pub., 2004.  Explores the job descriptions, education and training requirements, salary, and outlook predictions for twelve careers that focus on driving and do not require a college education.

641.5 HIN
Hinton, Kerry. Cool careers without college for people who love food. 1st ed. New York : Rosen Pub., 2004. Explores the job descriptions, education and training requirements, salary, and outlook predictions for fourteen food-related careers that do not require a college education.

E 646.7 WEI
Weitzman, Elizabeth. Let's talk about living in a blended family. 1st ed. New York : PowerKids Press, 1996.  Provides advice on how to accept and deal with the challenges of living in a stepfamily, or blended family.

658.8 HAY
Hayhurst, Chris. Careers in e-commerce security and encryption. 1st ed. New York : Rosen, 2001. Provides an introduction to Internet security, looks at different types of security and encryption, describes some of the careers available in E-commerce security and encryption, and offers advice on getting started in the field.

658.8 HAE
Haegele, Katie. E-advertising and e-marketing : online opportunities. 1st ed. New York : Rosen, 2001. Provides an introduction to electronic advertising and marketing, looks at careers available in online marketing, follows cybermarketers through a typical work day, and offers advice on getting started in the field.

658.8 HOU
Hovanec, Erin M. Careers as a content provider for the Web. 1st ed. New York : Rosen, 2001. Provides an introduction to E-commerce content, examines different types of E-commerce content, looks at careers creating and working with content, and identifies the skills and qualities needed to succeed in  the field.

658.8 SCH
Scheppler, Bill. Careers with click-and-mortar businesses. 1st ed. New York : Rosen, 2001. Click-and-mortar : a new direction in e-commerce -- Types of click-and-mortar businesses -- Careers in click-and-mortar businesses -- The click-and-mortar work environment -- Recommended education and training -- Getting started in your career. Describes career opportunities in the Internet-related field of click-and-mortar businesses.

658.85 GAR
Gard, Carolyn. Cool careers without college for people who love to sell things. 1st ed. New York : Rosen Pub. Group, 2004. Profiles the characteristics of and qualifications needed for fourteen jobs in various types of sales.

690.023 BIC
Bickerstaff, Linda. Cool careers without college for people who love to fix things. 1st ed. New York : Rosen Pub., 2004.  Explores the job descriptions, education and training requirements, salary, and outlook predictions for twelve careers that focus on repair work and do not require a college education.

745.5 MAN
Mannino, Stephanie. Cool careers without college for people who love crafts. 1st ed. New York : Rosen Pub., 2004.  Describes fourteen careers people who enjoy crafts can pursue without a college education, each with information on education and training, salary, and future outlook, a profile of a person working in the field, and a list of related organizations.

792 HOL
Holbrook, Sara. Wham! it's a poetry jam : discovering performance poetry. 1st ed. Honesdale, Pa. :  Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press, 2002. A guide to performing poetry alone and in groups, including guidelines for setting up poetry-performance contests.

811 HOL
Holbrook, Sara. By definition : poems of feelings. 1st ed.  Honesdale, Pa. : Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press, 2003. Contains forty poems in which poet Sara Holbrook explores the emotions and dilemmas of life as a teenager.

811 SHA
Shange, Ntozake. Ellington was not a street. 1st ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2004], c1983.  Presents an illustrated poem in which Ntozake Shange recalls her childhood growing up in the company W.E.B. Du Bois, Dizzy Gillespie, Paul Robeson, and other great African-American men who were instrumental in changing American culture and society.

910.23 PAY
Payment, Simone. Cool careers without college for people who love to travel. 1st ed. New York : Rosen Pub. Group, 2004.  Surveys career opportunities for people who are interested in travel, including adventure travel specialist, cruise director, flight attendant, deckhand, cruise ship entertainer, tour guide, and travel agent.

920 GUR
Gurko, Miriam. The ladies of Seneca Falls : the birth of the woman's rights movement. 1st Schocken ed. New York :  Schocken Books, 1976, c1974. Traces the course of the woman's rights movement from its origins in Seneca Falls to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.

921 CRUTCHER
Crutcher, Chris. King of the mild frontier : an ill-advised autobiography. 1st ed. New York : Greenwillow Books, c2003. Chris Crutcher, author of young adult novels such as "Ironman" and "Whale Talk," as well as short stories, tells of growing up in Cascade, Idaho, and becoming a writer.

921 GANDHI
Demi. Gandhi. 1st ed. New York : Margaret McElderry Books, c2001. Color illustrations fill this chronicle of legendary pacifistic social activist Mohandas Gandhi, whose work to change India's caste system and free India from British rule inspired both Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela.

921 MUHAMMAD
Demi. Muhammad. 1st ed. New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, c2003. Introduces Muhammad and the basic tenets of the Islamic faith.

973.09 MAR
Marton, Kati. Hidden power : presidential marriages that shaped our recent history. 1st ed. New York : Pantheon Books, c2001. Explores the ways in which presidential marriages have affected the tone, character, and policies of twelve administrations, from Woodrow and Edith Wilson to George W. and Laura Bush.

973.931 WAR
The war on terrorism. San Diego : Detroit : Greenhaven Press ; Thomson/Gale, c2003. Contains sixteen essays in which the authors examine issues related to the war on terrorism, discussing events leading up to the terrorist attack on the U.S. on September 11, 2001, the nature of the conflict, domestic antiterrorism efforts, and the next phase of the war.

REF 303.6 FRI
Fridell, Ron. Terrorism : political violence at home and abroad. Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c2001. What is a terrorist? -- Terrorism involving Americans -- How terrorists see the world -- How terrorists operate -- Victims of terrorist attacks -- Tracking down terrorists -- Counterterrorism -- The future of terrorism. An overview of terrorism and those who perpetrate it that describes terrorism involving Americans, how terrorists see the world, how they operate, how they are tracked down, counterterrorism, victims of terrorism, and the future of terrorism. Also includes a glossary and a list of related resources.

REF 303.6 MED
Media violence : opposing viewpoints. San Diego : Detroit :  Greenhaven Press ; Thomson/Gale, c2004. Contains twenty essays that provide opposing viewpoints on the issue of violence in the media, debating the seriousness of the situation, the possibility of government restrictions, and the response by society.

REF 304.8 WEP
Wepman, Dennis. Immigration : from the founding of Virginia to the closing of Ellis Island. New York : Facts on File, c2002. Provides hundreds of firsthand accounts which help chronicle the history of immigration in the United States from 1607 to the late twentieth century.

REF 362.29 ALV
Alvergue, Anne. Ecstasy : the danger of false euphoria. Rev. ed. New York, NY : Rosen Pub. Group, 2000. Discusses the drug MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy, and its effects on the mind and body, particularly pointing out the dangers of
using it.

REF 362.29 CAV
Cavan, Seamus. Recovery from drug addiction. 1st ed. New York : Rosen, 2000. Explains where to get help for drug addiction, how it can be treated, and what causes it.

REF 362.29 CLA
Clayton, Lawrence, Ph. D. Amphetamines and other stimulants. Rev. ed. New York : Rosen Pub. Group, 2001. What are stimulants? -- The effects of stimulants -- Stimulant addiction -- Why people abuse stimulants -- Breaking addiction. Discusses the dangers of using and abusing amphetamines and other substances that stimulate the mind and body.

REF 362.29 CLA
Clayton, Lawrence, Ph. D. Barbiturates and other depressants.  Rev. ed. New York : Rosen Pub. Group, 2001. Provides information about drug abuse and addiction, focusing on depressant drugs, including barbiturates, benzodiazepines, and alcohol; discusses the dangers faced by teens who take depressant drugs; and includes advice on getting help.

REF 362.29 CLA
Clayton, L. (Lawrence). Designer drugs. Rev. ed. New York :  Rosen Pub. Group, 1998. Text and photographs discuss what the designer drugs are, how they have created terrible trouble in our society, and where they come from.

REF 362.29 CLA
Clayton, L. (Lawrence). Drugs, drug testing, and you. New York : Rosen Pub. Group, 1997. The two sides of the drug testing debate -- Types of drug tests -- Drug tests : some questions and answers -- Athletes and school drug testing -- Drug testing by the police -- Drug testing in business and industry -- Your constitutional rights -- What the future holds. Provides information on when to expect a drug test, types of tests used, and your rights when asked to take a drug test.

REF 362.29 HUR
Hurwitz, Ann. Hallucinogens. Rev. ed. New York : Rosen Pub. Group, 1999. Describes psilocybin, LSD, mescaline, and other hallucinogenic drugs and discusses their dangerous and destructive effects.

REF 362.29 MCF
McFarland, Rhoda. Cocaine. Rev. ed. New York : Rosen Pub. Group, 2000. Examines the harmful effects of cocaine use and addiction, and explains the dangers of teenage drug abuse in general.

REF 362.29 OLI
Olive, M. Foster. Designer drugs. Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c2004. Provides facts about designer drugs such as methamphetamine, ecstasy, GHB, Rohypnol, ketamine, and narcotic painkillers, with information and statistics on their appearance, their effects on the brain and body, and the signs of addiction.

REF 362.29 ROB
Roberts, Jeremy, 1956-. Prescription drug abuse. 1st ed. New York : Rosen, 2000. Discusses how prescription drugs are abused, how to recognize this problem in parents and friends, and how to seek help.

REF 362.29 SCH
Schleifer, Jay. Methamphetamine : speed kills. 1st ed. New York : Rosen, 1999. Discusses the drug methamphetamine, how it is used and abused, its effects, ways to avoid drug addiction, and how to get help for an addiction.

REF 362.29 SHE
Sherry, Clifford J. Inhalants. Rev. ed. New York : Rosen Pub. Group, 2001. Photographs and text discuss solvent and substance abuse in the form of inhalants.

REF 362.29 SMI
Smith, Sandra Lee. Heroin. Rev. ed. New York : Rosen Pub.  Group, 2000. Discusses heroin and its unique qualities and dangers and counsels against illegal involvement with the drug.

REF 362.292 HYD
Hyde, Margaret O. (Margaret Oldroyd), 1917-. Alcohol 101 : an overview for teens. Brookfield, Conn. : Twenty-First Century, c1999. Discusses alcohol use in the United States, including the physical effects, the origin of the drinking age, societal mixed messages, and the sociological impacts.

REF 364.66 GRA
Grabowski, John F. The death penalty. San Diego, Calif. :  Lucent Books, c1999. Discusses the death penalty and its various aspects and controversies, including whether it is a deterrent, whether it is applied unfairly, how to regard cases in which it is applied by mistake, and whether an execution should be witnessed by the public.

REF 364.66 REI
Rein, Mei Ling. Capital punishment : cruel and unusual? 2002 ed. Detroit : Gale Group/Thomson Learning, c2002. Contains primary and secondary source materials, including graphs, charts, quotes, and articles, that provide information about capital punishment in the U.S. and around the world, tracing the history of capital punishment, and discussing Supreme Court rulings, methods, public attitudes, and other related topics.

REF 615.739 ROB
Roberts, Jeremy. Drugs and dieting. 1st ed. New York : Rosen Pub., 2001. Discusses the cultural influences that make young people want to lose weight, and describes the dangers that often come with diet pills and misused herbs and supplements. Also includes a glossary and lists of related books and organizations.

REF 616.85 BEA
Beal, Eileen. Ritalin : its use and abuse. Rev. ed. New York :  Rosen, 2003. Describes the medical uses of the prescription drug Ritalin, the problems presented by overprescribing it, its potential for abuse, and ways to prevent such abuse.

REF 616.85 CEF
Cefrey, Holly. Antidepressants. 1st ed. New York : Rosen Pub. Group, 2000.

REF 616.85 MIT
Mitchell, E. Siobhan. Antidepressants. Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c2004. Introduction, history and brain basics -- Older antidepressants: tricyclics and monoamine oxidase inhibitors -- Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors -- Second generation antidepressants -- Lithium, a medication for bipolar depression -- Antidepressant alternatives -- Teens and antidepressants: trends and attitudes. Examines the history of depression, and discusses types of antidepressant drugs available to treat the disorder, and how they are believed to work on the human brain.

REF 616.85 SHE
Sherry, Clifford J. Drugs and eating disorders. Rev. ed. New York : Rosen Pub. Group, 1999.

REF 616.86 GLA
Glass, George, 1970-. Narcotics : dangerous painkillers. Rev. ed. New York : Rosen, 2000. Describes narcotics, presents their dangers, and provides advice on how to get help when a person is addicted.

REF 616.86 SIM
Simpson, Carolyn. Methadone. 1st ed. New York : Rosen Publ., 1997. Explains what methadone is, what it does, the pros and cons of its use as a treatment for heroin addiction, and possible abuses of this drug.

REF 616.89 ESH
Eshom, Daniel. Lithium : what you should know. New York :  Rosen, 1999. What is Lithium? -- Lithium and mood disorders -- Lithium and ADD/ADHD -- Alternatives to lithium.  Describes the nature and effects of lithium, how it is used to treat mood disorders and ADD, and alternative forms of treatment.

REF 618.3 NEV
Nevitt, Amy. Fetal alcohol syndrome. Rev. ed. New York : Rosen Pub. Group, 1998. Learning about FAS? -- Alcohol and pregnancy -- The signs and symptoms of FAS -- Learning who is at risk -- How to prevent FAS and FAE. Discusses the dangers of consuming alcohol while pregnant, describes the signs and symptoms of fetal alcohol syndrome, and suggests ways to prevent FAS.

REF 940.53 SCH
Schneider, Carl J. World War II. New York : Facts On File, c2003. Examines the events of World War II, as well as the years immediately before and after the conflict, as experienced by Americans, featuring firsthand accounts from letters, speeches, and newspaper articles, with introductory essays and a chronology.

REF 973.923 MAG
Maga, Timothy P., 1952-. The 1960s. New York : Facts On File, c2003. Examines the events of the 1960s in the United States through firsthand accounts from letters, speeches, and newspaper articles, and includes introductory essays, a chronology, and excerpts from significant documents of the decade.

VHS 822.3 IN
In search of Shakespeare. Widescreen version. [S.l.] : [S.l.] :  Maya International Vision ; Distributed by PBS Home Video :  PBS DVD Video, 2003. An intimate look at William Shakespeare and his world.

VHS 921 ANGELOU
Maya Angelou. Seattle, WA : Unapix/Miramar, 1999, c1996. Featuring Maya Angelou. Presents a biography of Maya Angelou, the poet, author, actress, and entertainer, whose life is a collection of great achievements as well as personal tragedy.

VHS 921 PERON
Eva Peron. Seattle, WA : Unapix/Miramar, 1999, c1996. Presents a biography of Eva Peron.

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